In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

People haven't even begun to tap into the potential of what the mind is possible of doing. We only use a certain percentage of our brains.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.